Bademci graduated from Ege University in the Department of Psychology. She went on to complete a four-year Psychoanalytic Observational Studies master's program at Tavistock Clinic in London. In 2010, she received her PhD from University of Kent with a thesis on services for street children and later joined Maltepe University, where she set up SOYAÇ, an application and research center for children living and working on the street. She is currently the director of the center and a faculty member at Maltepe University, Department of Psychology.